Testimony of Healing July 26, 1952 Issue

It is with gratitude that I testify...

Edith J. Harris

It is with gratitude that I testify to the protective power of Christian Science. Awaking one morning during World War II with a very disturbing sense of danger, I worked diligently for protection. It did not appear possible to remain at home during that day, owing to my having many engagements, but I decided to put first things first and remained to study and pray. As the day passed, instead of feeling at ease I became more disturbed and so turned still more diligently to God, working and praying for guidance. When my family returned that evening at five thirty I was still sitting where they had left me in the morning.

From our home we have a very extensive view, and one member of my family, walking to the window, remarked that there was a tremendous fire burning in the city. Since I had not cleared my thought with all my study during the day, I telephoned a practitioner and told her of the fire, also of my distressing day. She at once declared these words of truth (I Kings 19:11, 12): "The Lord was not in the wind:... the Lord was not in the earthquake:... the Lord was not in the fire." She added, "The still small voice of Truth protects those that love God."

My family and I then went in to dinner. After a short time the telephone rang, and we were informed that our clothing factory was on fire. As soon as I was told what had happened I said, with a great sense of peace, "How ridiculous for mortal mind to think it can destroy a right idea." I at once declared that man's business, being an activity in Mind, expresses the qualities of divine Mind, thereby helping and blessing many. I saw clearly that evil could not destroy one particle of good and therefore the true idea of business could not be destroyed by fire, since it was the very expression of divine intelligence, which is God.

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